Alan Moore and the Gothic tradition
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Aug 31, 2013
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780719085994
Description: These essays identify the Gothic tradition as the cultural context for understanding texts dealing explicitly with terror and horror and works expressing Moore's interest in magic and psychogeography. Core elements from Gothic aesthetics are evident in the structure and atmosphere of many of Moore's works. The socio-political dimensions of Moore's work are brought into focus through an appreciation of the Gothic's capacity to encompass both the sublime and the ridiculous.